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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Brand new poster to this thread and one with zero affiliation with NCS.

I don't know if OP is a so-called "troll" or not.  But her original post did not disparage URMs or legacies one iota.  She merely asked what the outcomes were for applicants not falling into those categories.  It's a fair question, and OP didn't deserved to be attacked for asking it.  Lots of defensive parents here.

NCS girls rarely apply to Notre Dame, the nation's most famous and selective Catholic school, for obvious reasons.  It doesn't surprise me that none are going there.

If I were an NCS parent, I must admit, I wouldn't be thrilled with a BC or a BU or a Tulane either -- no matter how selective they've become.  They're great schools, sure, but plenty of public school kids get into them just as easily.

One of my daughters had a BFF all through public middle school in NOVA.  For high school the friend went to NCS.  The friend was, in every way, a "better" college applicant that my daugher:  better grades, more athletic, higher test scores etc.  Had her heart set on the Ivies, but rejected outright by most of them and wait-listed before being rejected by a couple.  Ended up at UVA with, guess who?  My kid.  I do wonder if this would have happened had she stayed in the local public, where she probably would have risen to the very top.

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She described admissions as "going off a cliff." So so rude describing young women's achievements. OP: please oh please, report back in two years where your hardworkin daughter winds up so we can all come here and disparage it. [/quote]

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